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APPARATUS POR'SINKING WELLS. No. 350,339. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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MORRIS CUTLER BAKER AND CLARENCE EDVARD BAKER, OEMITCHELL,

DAKOTA TERRITORY.

APPARATUS FOR SlNKlNG WELLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350.339. dated October 5, 1886.

Application filed March 19, 1985. Serial No. 159,497. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that we, MORRIS CUTLER BA- KER and Grammar. EDWARD BAKER,reSlding at Mitchell, in the county of Davison, Territory of Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Sinking \Vells, &c., of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to apparatus for sink- Iji ing wells and performing like work; and it consists in a motor of peculiar construction combined with a boring mechanism operated thereby, the water or liquid used in the motor flowing continuously through. the same,thence r 5 to and through the boring apparatus and wellcasing, and back to the motor, whereby the movement of the liquid is utilized in several ways without extra expenditure of power or fuel.

The invention involves the use of a rotary disk or wheel, a steam-generator or fluid-pressure apparatus, a liquid'tank, a steam jet or nozzle for raising water and forcing it against the bladesor buckets of the wheel, boring ap- 2 paratus, and pipes for the liquid.

in operation, water or other liquid is permitted to '[low from the tank into-the wellcas ing, carrying off the chips and cuttings, and being raised by the steam jet or nozzle and projected against the blades or buckets of the wheel,aud thus causing said wheel to be turned both by the weight and by the impact of the water. In this way the water is used continuously and a force is secured greater than that 5 of either the falling water or the steam-jet acting alone.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of our complete apparatus; Fig. 2, an elevation of the principal parts thereof, partly in section.

A indicates the wheel of the motor, a portion only being shown in Fig. 2; B, a steam jet or injector nozzle of any approved pattern; C, asteam-pipe communicating with a generator 4 5 and serving to supply steam to the jet or nozzle B, and D a water-tank from which water may be raised through a pipe, E. The nozzle B is provided with a reducing pipe'or nipple, Z1, which causes the water to issue in a solid and compact stream under high pressure, and

consequently high velocity, in which condition 4 it is thrown upon the blades or buckets of the wheel A. By varying the size ofthe nipplec of the injector B the apparatus may be adapted to operate with greater or less fluid pressure 5] and to move a larger or smaller body of water or other liquid. Pipe E is furnished with a valve or stop-cock, F, and is connected at a point above said stopcock with a pipe, G, through which the boring-rod H passes, the 6 connectingpipe G being also furnished with a valve or cock, I.

J indicates a pipe connecting the well or well-casiug and the tank D, and serving to convey water from the latter to the former to 6 fill the same and aid in removal of chips, cuttings, sand, or matters loosened in the boring operation. This pipe is furnished with a valve or cock by which communication maybe closed when desired. At a point in the pipe or noz- 7t zle B between the wheel A. and the injector B is placed an upright pipe, K, the upper endof which communicates with the nozzle or pipe B and the lower end of which opens into the t tank D. lVhen this pipe is closed by the valve 7 or cook L, with which it is furnished, the water raised and thrown into pipe or nozzle B by the injector B will pass through the nozzle and be discharged through the nipple (t'upon the blades or buckets of the wheel; but when 8 the cock is opened a part or the whole of the water will fall through pipe K, thus leaving the wheel unacted upon.

In connection with the foregoing apparatus we employ any suitable boring device, but 8 preferably such as covered by Letters Patent granted to us on the 5th dayot' February, 1884, and numbered 292,888, designed-to be rotated by the passage of a current of liquid through. it. \Vhen such a boring device is used, the 9 motor-wheel A is arranged to drive any suitable water-forcing machinery for supplying the necessary flow and pressure, a common form of rotary pump being shown in the drawings and indicated by the letter M. The water from 9 this pump is carried through the tubular boring-rod H to the cutting-tool or its operating m echanism,and escapes therefrom through the space between said rod and the tube or pipe G.

Instead of the boringmachinery mentioned, I

a mechanism adapted to reciprocate the rod vertically may be employed, or any other com mon form of boring device.

The apparatus being constructed and arranged as above set forth, the operation is as follows: Steam being raised in the generator is allowed to pass over to and through. injector B, in passing through which latter it raises water through pipe E or G, or both, according to the adjustment of the cocks of the two, though while the boring operation is in progress it is customary to draw at least a portion of the water through the pipe G. The water thus raised is forced through nozzle 13 a and thrown with force upon the blades or buckets of wheel A. The steam gives its motion to the water, which, by reason of its greater weight and momentum, acts upon the wheel with far greater effect than would the steam alone, a fact that is demonstrated by the operation of the wellknown Git't'ard injector, as well as by practical use of this apparatus. The water or liquid falling from the buckets ofthe wheel flows into the well and serves to raise the chips, cuttings, sand, 81c, loosened by the boringtool as the water is drawn up through the pipe G. The movement of the water keeps the loose parti- :les in a state of agitation, prevents their setjliug, andinsures their removal, and the strong inward flow induced by the steainjet materitlly adds to the effectiveness of the dowirgoing stream through the boring-rod in driving the Joring device. 3y proper adjustment, openng or closing of the respective cocks, the water nay be made to circulate merely through the ;ank, the pipe 1G, nozzle B, and pipe, thus per- 'orming no work, but rendering it necessary to ihut off the steam, thereby avoiding delayin ital-ting the apparatus again when required. 30, too, the water may be made to llow merely 'rom the tank through pipe E, nozzle B B, .vheel A, and back to the tank without drawug water through pipe G, or the water may be lrawn wholly or partially from pipe G, and xither discharged directly into the tank or di- 'ectly upon the wheel A. In case of quick ands or caving in, the water is drawn wholly 'rom the pipe G and discharged directly into the tank in order that the greatest clearing acion within the well may be secured.

Instead of steam, any other fluid or a gas luder pressure may be employed, and instead )f water, oils, glycerine, or other liquids may )e used, preferably such as will not freeze ex- :ept at a very low temperature, water, of tourse, being used where the apparatus is nnployed for boring, aml oils, &c., only where he motor alone is used. So, too, instead of Li] injector, other water-forcing devices may )e employed, but not to so good advantage.

The tank may be omitted in some cases and the water or liquid conveyed from the casing of the wheel directly back to the well.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. The herein described well-sinking apparatus, consisting of a reservoir or generator containing fluid under pressure, an injector connected with said reservoir, a boring-rod, a pipe surrounding said rod and communicating with the injector, a tank containing liquid, a pipe connecting the injector with the tank, a second pipe connecting the tank with the well, a wheel provided with blades or buckets and arranged to receive the liquid thrown from the injector, and a boring device actuated by said wheel.

2. The herein-described apparatus for sink iug wells, consisting of a generator or reservoir, an injector, B, con'imuuicatin g therewith, a nozzle, B, tank D, pipes E K, connecting the tank with the-injector and nozzle, wheel A, pipe G, connected with pipe E and extending down into the well, pipe J, connecting the well and tank, and cocks arranged in the several pipes, as explained, whereby liquid may be caused to travel through the tank and injector only, through said parts and against the wheel, and through the bored shaft or well.

3. In combination with a generator or reservoir, an injector connected therewith, a pipe extending from a welt or shaft in progress of boring to the injector, a motor arranged to be operated by the liquid raised and projected by the injector, and apipc or conductor arranged to convey the waste liquid from the motor back to the well or shaft, whereby the liquid is caused to actuate the motor and to carry off the cuttings, sand, 850., from the well or shalt.

4:. In combination with awell, shaft, or other boring, a pipe arranged to deliver water thereto, asecond pipeeonununicating withthe f shaft or boring and serving to conduct water and sediment therefrom, a jet nozzle or injector connected with said second pipe, and a reservoircontainingfluidunder pressure eommunicating with and supplying said nozzle or injector, whereby a continuous flow of water to and from the shaft or boring may be secured.

5. In combination with motor A, injector l, having clu'ingeablenipple e, and nozzlelt, having changeable nipple u.

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